Mr Jim Walker

Head of Operations Airports

Viscount House
Birmingham Airport
Birmingham
B26 3QJ
22 August 2!"
#ear Jim$
% &ould formall' like to appeal m' (inal Written &arning that &as issued to me on
the !)
th
of August 2!" *' +aroline Orr$ Operations Manager,
% am appealing the decision on the follo&ing grounds,
a, % feel that a (inal Written Warning is too harsh for the o-ence,
*, %t &as stated at the disciplinar' hearing that % had alread'
recei.ed a &ritten &arning on the !)
th
#ecem*er 2!3$ % did
indeed attend a disciplinar' meeting in #ecem*er *ut as far as %
&as a&are % &as not gi.en an' &ritten con/rmation of an'
&arning$ if % &as gi.en a &arning then % &ould like to see proof of
the con/rmation letter as % ne.er recei.ed a letter and assumed
that % &as not gi.en an' sanction due to not recei.ing a letter
&hich % assume is the standard procedure,
c, % &ould like to *ring to 'our attention the length of time the
&hole process from me *eing suspended on the !!
th
of Jul' 2!"
until the /nal disciplinar' hearing on the !)
th
of August 2!"
&hich % found to *e .er' stressful and unnecessaril' prolonged,
#uring this prolonged period % should ha.e *een on t&o &eeks
annual holida'$ ho&e.er due to me *eing informed *' letter that
% had to *e a.aila*le at .er' short notice to attend an' compan'
disciplinar' meeting m' famil' su-ered as % could not proceed
on holida' and &e lost out /nanciall' as &e had famil' ticket0s to
Blackpool 1leasure Beach$ and the Blackpool 2oo$ % can produce
the tickets if re3uired,
d, % &as disciplined on a failure of not carr'ing out a process$ % /nd
this *eing a case of 4dou*le standards5 for the follo&ing reasons,
!, % ha.e not had a 1ersonal #e.elopment 1lan for &ell o.er
a 'ear 6a compan' process7
2, % ha.e not got an amended contract for the roll % &as
doing &hilst % &as disciplined$ % ha.e *een in m' ne& roll
since August 2!3,
3, % ha.e not recei.ed a ne& Jo* 8oll 1ro/le &hen % mo.ed
from the position of 9eam :eader to +ash 8oom
;uper.isor,
", #uring the disciplinar' process % asked on numerous
occasions for a cop' of the documents listed a*o.e *ut to
date % still ha.e not recei.ed an' of them$ on the !)
th
of
August during m' return to &ork %nter.ie& % again raised
the issue of m' missing documents &ith <e.in 8o*ertson
m' +luster Manager &ho informed me that he &ould
contact H8 department and at this stage % still ha.e not
*een furnished &ith a cop' of the documents,
% also asked +aroline to furnish me &ith a cop' of all the
suspension meeting and disciplinar' meeting notes$ % &as
informed that the' &ould not *e gi.en to me as the' &ere
Management notes$ % &ould like an e=planation on the reason %
&as made to sign the notes, % ha.e consulted &ith A+A; and
the' ha.e con/rmed that % am entitled to a cop' of all notes
taken during the meetings,
>, % &ould also like to *ring to 'our attention that % kno&
other mem*ers of the ?lasgo& team ha.e not signed ke's
out on Occasions *ut it seems that % am the onl' person in
the team &ho has *een disciplined for not carr'ing out the
process,
a, #uring the /nal stage of the disciplinar' procedure it &as put to
that if 4 % accepted a .acant position *ased at ?lasgo& Airport$
on lo&er salar'$ alternating shift pattern that % &ould recei.e no
sanction5 6(inal Written Warning7 *ut if % did not accept this
position and % return to m' normal location in ?lasgo& +it' then
there &ould *e a sanction 6(inal Written Warning7, % /nd this
unaccepta*le that there is t&o outcomes to the disciplinar'
procedure depending on &hich course of action % took$
*, % &ould also like to appeal on the procedure of the /nal
disciplinar' meeting as % feel that +aroline had alread' made her
decision *efore the meeting &as started$ there &as no
ad@ournment during the procedure after % had gi.en all m'
reasons and e.idence to gi.e proper consideration,
Aours 9rul'
Bd&ard Mc1eake
+ash 8oom ;uper.isor
?lasgo&
Cational +ar 1arks